Shovel



(No Model.)

J. PFEIFER.

SHOVEL.

NO. 411,257. Patented septylv, 1889.

9% W W' w h/ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN PFEIFER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHOVEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 411,257, datedSeptember 17, 1889.

Application filed August 30, 1888. Serial No. 284,172. (No model.)

To all whom it may cmwern:

Be it known that I, JOHN PFEIFER, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shovels, Spades, Scoops,dze., which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification and accompanyinfe,` drawings.

My inVent-ion relates to improvements in coal, grain, and other shovels,spades, scoops, and other articles of the class having tubular metallichandles; and it consists in forming the blade, pad, and handle of suchshovel, &c., of a single piece of Wrought metal, Whereby the article isStronger, oheaper, lighter, and better than heretofore prodnced.v

Fignre l represents a perspective View of a shovel embodying myinvention, the same being taken from the back of the same. Fig. 2represents an irregnlar section of a portion on line x oc, Fig. l. Fig.3 represents an irregnlar section of a portion on line 'y y, Fig. 2,both fignres being on an enlarged scale.

Similar letters and numerals of reference indicate corresponding partsin the several fignres.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the blade of a shovel or scoop,and B the pad, O the handle, and D the grip thereof. The handle istubular or hollow and the pad stamped or struck up, said handle and padbeing integral with the blade.

In carrying out my invention I take a piece or plate of sheet or wroughtmetal, preferably steel, and cut the same into proper shape, and then byproper manipulations produce the blade, pad, and tnbular or hollowhandle, it being seen that said parts possess strength, lightness, anddnrability, and may be constrncted more rapidly and less expensivelyi'than heretofore practiced.

In order to strengthen the adjacent portions of the handle and pad,there is inclosed within the same a block or filling 1 of Wood,

which is held in place by a rivet 2, passed through the block andhandle, thus avoiding spreading and springing at the portions stated.

The grip consists of a bow 3, grasping portion 4, and neck 5, said bowand neck being formed of cast or malleable metal. The neck enters theend of the handle and is secured thereto by a rivet or other suitablemeans, the grip thus being strong and dnrable and firmly connected Withthe handle. Prior to the connection of the grasping portion 4 With theboW 3, said portion being made of Wood, the handle and bow are plungedinto a piekle or bath, so as to be galvanized, the snrplus materialescaping through an opening in the neck, said opening` being afterwardfilled and the portion 4 duly seenred in position. It Will be seen thatrnsting or corroding of the handle and bow is prevented, a nnifornisurface produced, and the joint of the handle closed.

I am aware that it is not new to make the blade and pad of a shovel of asingle piece of material and weld to the same a tnbular piece for ahandle; but I am not aware that it is common to make the entire handle,pad, and blade of a single piece of wrought or sheet metal, the padbeing strnck np or stamped and the handle bent or rolled into shape.

IIaVing thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

As a new article of mannfactnre, a shovel consisting of a tubularhandle, a pad, and a blade, all formed of a single piece of sheet orWrought metal, a filling in said handle, and a grip with neck enteringsaid handleand se- `cnred thereto, said parts being` combinedsubstantially as described.

` JOHN PFEIFER.

NVitnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERsHEIM, A. P. JENNINes.

